Story Line
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
“The courage to do the impossible lies in the hearts of men.”
Top Cast
Russell Crowe
Captain Jack Aubrey
Paul Bettany
Dr. Stephen Maturin
James D'Arcy
1st Lt. Thomas Pullings
Robert Pugh
Mr. Allen, Master
David Threlfall
Preserved Killick, Captain's Steward
Lee Ingleby
Midshipman Hollom
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
2003-11-14
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
AdventureDramaWar
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User Reviews (6)
John Chard
9/10
•1/20/2019For England, for home, and for the prize!
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World is directed by Peter Weir, it stars Russell Crowe as Jack Aubrey and Paul Bettany as Stephen Maturin. It is spliced from various novels in the Aubrey–Matur...
Peter McGinn
10/10
•4/4/2020This is a rousing sea yarn with great camera work, but it also shows comraderie and relationships in a realistic way on board a British fighting ship.
As happens sometimes but not always, I enjoyed this movie more than I liked the book it was base...
r96sk
8/10
•8/12/2022I enjoyed <em>'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'</em>.
The early scenes are surprisingly (given the relatively close release dates) similar to fellow 2003 release <em>'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'</em>, wi...
GenerationofSwine
1/10
•1/14/2023What you have here is Crowe still thinking that he's the greatest actor that ever lived.
That all takes away the fun of a movie that had the potential to be a high seas epic like, say, Captain Blood.
Peter Weir lets Crowe go crazy and you can a...